Maarten Boksem
@maartenboksem.bsky.social
Social/cognitive psychologist/neuroscientist interested in communication/decision-making
Great opportunity!
Recruiting PhD students for Fall 2026!
The Coupled Minds Lab at @tamu.bsky.social will use a multimodal approach combining fMRI hyperscanning, computational modeling, and natural language processing to study how conversations transform minds. Learn more: coupled-minds.github.io
Due Date Dec 1
The Coupled Minds Lab at @tamu.bsky.social will use a multimodal approach combining fMRI hyperscanning, computational modeling, and natural language processing to study how conversations transform minds. Learn more: coupled-minds.github.io
Due Date Dec 1
Coupled Minds Lab
Coupled Minds Lab — social neuroscience of conversation, negotiation, and human–AI interaction.
coupled-minds.github.io
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Great opportunity!
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Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature
Repetitive head impacts from contact sports are associated with brain inflammation, vascular damage and neuron loss that are independent of hyperphosphorylated tau pathology.
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do we become less honest when we get tired? Let’s find out!
In our new RR, we will test whether and how mental fatigue impacts dishonesty:
rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
I am already excited about the to-be-collected data.
Nice work led by Mara Bialas 👏 (also with @maartenboksem.bsky.social)
rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...
I am already excited about the to-be-collected data.
Nice work led by Mara Bialas 👏 (also with @maartenboksem.bsky.social)
June 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Do we become less honest when we get tired? Let’s find out!
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The neuroscience of misinformation and ways to counter it
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
The neuroscience of misinformation: A research agenda
The global spread of misinformation is undermining democracies worldwide. In this
NeuroView, we explain how neuroscience can inform our basic understanding of what
makes the brain susceptible to false...
www.cell.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The neuroscience of misinformation and ways to counter it
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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What do tax cuts for the rich do?
They increase inequality.
They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment.
"Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
They increase inequality.
They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment.
"Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
May 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What do tax cuts for the rich do?
They increase inequality.
They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment.
"Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
They increase inequality.
They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment.
"Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Opinie Elianne van Turennout: 'Zo tekent zich een onmiskenbaar patroon af: grote donaties aan de VVD, gevolgd door beleid dat opvallend perfect aansluit bij de belangen van de gevers'
De markt beslist: hoe geld in de politiek de democratie uitholt - Joop - BNNVARA
Opinie Elianne van Turennout over schimmige geldstromen naar politieke partijen als de VVD.
www.bnnvara.nl
April 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Opinie Elianne van Turennout: 'Zo tekent zich een onmiskenbaar patroon af: grote donaties aan de VVD, gevolgd door beleid dat opvallend perfect aansluit bij de belangen van de gevers'
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Looking for a #postdoc Starting date is ASAP. Various backgrounds are appreciated #marketing #psychology #economics
The postdoc is expected to contribute to a project on developing climate risk (flooding risk) labels @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
The postdoc is expected to contribute to a project on developing climate risk (flooding risk) labels @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
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www.rsm.nl
April 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Looking for a #postdoc Starting date is ASAP. Various backgrounds are appreciated #marketing #psychology #economics
The postdoc is expected to contribute to a project on developing climate risk (flooding risk) labels @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
The postdoc is expected to contribute to a project on developing climate risk (flooding risk) labels @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Origins and consequences of cognitive fatigue
Feature Review by Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain (@bastien-blain.bsky.social), Antonius Wiehler, & Shruti Naik
Free access before May 20: tinyurl.com/2va75b5j
Feature Review by Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain (@bastien-blain.bsky.social), Antonius Wiehler, & Shruti Naik
Free access before May 20: tinyurl.com/2va75b5j
April 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Origins and consequences of cognitive fatigue
Feature Review by Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain (@bastien-blain.bsky.social), Antonius Wiehler, & Shruti Naik
Free access before May 20: tinyurl.com/2va75b5j
Feature Review by Mathias Pessiglione, Bastien Blain (@bastien-blain.bsky.social), Antonius Wiehler, & Shruti Naik
Free access before May 20: tinyurl.com/2va75b5j
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social)
Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
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Stel, we geven geen soja en graan meer aan ons vee, maar eten het zelf op.
Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
In 4 grafieken: hoe Nederland miljoenen extra mensen kan voeden, als we stoppen met de vee-industrie
Politici van de BoerBurgerBeweging waarschuwen dat krimp van de veestapel de (internationale) voedselzekerheid bedreigt. Klopt dat wel? Uit een analyse van Follow the Money blijkt het tegenovergesteld...
www.ftm.nl
March 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Stel, we geven geen soja en graan meer aan ons vee, maar eten het zelf op.
Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
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It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠
A network correspondence toolbox for quantitative evaluation of novel neuroimaging results - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present the Network Correspondence Toolbox, which enables researchers to examine and report spatial correspondence between their neuroimaging results and widely used brain atlases.
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠
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Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors.
As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....
As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....
March 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors.
As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....
As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
New tools help make neuroimaging accessible to more researchers | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fm...
New tools help make neuroimaging accessible to more researchers
Custom software packages, web-based applications and video tutorials make functional MRI concepts easier to grasp.
www.thetransmitter.org
March 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New tools help make neuroimaging accessible to more researchers | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fm...
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Kiezen tussen duur en duurzaam. 👇
March 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Kiezen tussen duur en duurzaam. 👇
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Kom naar de staking!
🔴Leiden: 10 maart
🔴Utrecht: 11 maart
🔴Nijmegen: 13 maart
🔴Amsterdam: 17 maart
🔴Groningen: 18 maart
Lees hieronder alles over staken en jouw rechten⬇️[1/8]
🔴Leiden: 10 maart
🔴Utrecht: 11 maart
🔴Nijmegen: 13 maart
🔴Amsterdam: 17 maart
🔴Groningen: 18 maart
Lees hieronder alles over staken en jouw rechten⬇️[1/8]
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Kom naar de staking!
🔴Leiden: 10 maart
🔴Utrecht: 11 maart
🔴Nijmegen: 13 maart
🔴Amsterdam: 17 maart
🔴Groningen: 18 maart
Lees hieronder alles over staken en jouw rechten⬇️[1/8]
🔴Leiden: 10 maart
🔴Utrecht: 11 maart
🔴Nijmegen: 13 maart
🔴Amsterdam: 17 maart
🔴Groningen: 18 maart
Lees hieronder alles over staken en jouw rechten⬇️[1/8]
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@lukaslengersdorff.bsky.social & @clauslamm.bsky.social debunk 3 misconceptions about statistical power that could hinder meaningful research discussions.
#Stats #ResearchPractices
#Stats #ResearchPractices
Powerful Myths: Common Misconceptions About Statistical Power
Lukas Lengersdorff and Claus Lamm discuss three misconceptions that stand in the way of an informed discussion.
www.psychologicalscience.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@lukaslengersdorff.bsky.social & @clauslamm.bsky.social debunk 3 misconceptions about statistical power that could hinder meaningful research discussions.
#Stats #ResearchPractices
#Stats #ResearchPractices
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I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
Alt: a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
Can #brain measures predict the success of #movies? New research says YES!
New paper in the Journal of Marketing Research: ‘Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets’ (doi.org/10.1177/0022...).
New paper in the Journal of Marketing Research: ‘Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets’ (doi.org/10.1177/0022...).
EXPRESS: Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets - Maarten A. S. Boksem, Rosanne M. van Diepen, Esther Eijlers...
We investigated whether neural activity in response to movie-trailers can be consistently related to commercial success for the movies they promote. A systemati...
doi.org
January 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Can #brain measures predict the success of #movies? New research says YES!
New paper in the Journal of Marketing Research: ‘Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets’ (doi.org/10.1177/0022...).
New paper in the Journal of Marketing Research: ‘Do EEG Metrics Derived from Trailers Predict the Commercial Success of Movies? A Systematic Analysis of Five Independent Datasets’ (doi.org/10.1177/0022...).
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I guessed Bangladesh to be the country with the highest flood risk just to be reminded that there is a reason the Netherlands are named that way. Source: https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-countries-with-the-highest-flood-risk/
January 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I guessed Bangladesh to be the country with the highest flood risk just to be reminded that there is a reason the Netherlands are named that way. Source: https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-countries-with-the-highest-flood-risk/
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1/ Does climate activism work?
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
December 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
1/ Does climate activism work?
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
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Adding this to my reading pile: "The affective gradient hypothesis: an affect-centered account of motivated behavior"
The affective gradient hypothesis: an affect-centered account of motivated behavior
Everyone agrees that feelings and actions are intertwined, but cannot agree how. According to dominant models, actions are directed by estimates of va…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Adding this to my reading pile: "The affective gradient hypothesis: an affect-centered account of motivated behavior"
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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Reposted by Maarten Boksem
Mounting evidence suggests a role for beta rhythms in top-down control, including beta's close relationship with dopamine.
Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#neuroscience
Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#neuroscience
Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
elifesciences.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Mounting evidence suggests a role for beta rhythms in top-down control, including beta's close relationship with dopamine.
Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#neuroscience
Cortical beta oscillations map to shared brain networks modulated by dopamine
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#neuroscience